FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2011, file photo, Rep. Jed Hensarling, R-Texas, is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, before President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. When Hensarling and Sen. Patty Murray on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011, gavel into session a super panel burdened by the nations fiscal future, theyll be leading wonky discussions about spending cuts and tax policy and trying to get a majority of their 12-member panel to sign on. But their conduct, and their work product, also will begin answering a fundamental question: Can these ambassadors from the left and right, stripped of their independence and saddled with all manner of carrots and sticks, govern? (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) less

FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2011, file photo, Rep. Jed Hensarling, R-Texas, is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, before President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. When Hensarling and Sen. Patty Murray ... more

Republican members of the House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy, from California, left to right, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia, Jeb Hensarling, from Texas, House Speaker John Boehner, from Ohio, and Cathy McMorris Rodgers, from Washington, leave the White House after a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, June 1, 2011. A bill that would raise the U.S. debt limit by $2.4 trillion failed to win House approval yesterday in a vote Democrats said was rigged to ensure its defeat. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Kevin McCarthy; Eric Cantor; Jeb Hensarling; John Boehner; Cathy McMorris Rodgers less

Republican members of the House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy, from California, left to right, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia, Jeb Hensarling, from Texas, House Speaker John Boehner, from ... more

Photo: Andrew Harrer, Bloomberg

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Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, center, joined by Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif., left, opens the first meeting of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, often called the "supercommittee", on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011. Made up of six Republican and six Democratic members of Congress, the panel is charged with finding, by Thanksgiving, $1.5 trillion in savings over the next decade. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) less

Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, center, joined by Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif., left, opens the first meeting of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, often called the "supercommittee", on Capitol ... more

House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, and Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas walk to the House floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, for the final vote on the payroll tax cut extension. less

House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, and Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas walk to the House floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, for the final vote on the payroll tax ... more

Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, co-chair of the supercommittee, tells reporters outside his office that the deficit reduction panel would work over the weekend as the deadline for its work nears, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Nov. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) less

Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, co-chair of the supercommittee, tells reporters outside his office that the deficit reduction panel would work over the weekend as the deadline for its work nears, on Capitol Hill ... more

In this photo taken Aug. 1, 2011, House Republican Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, joined by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., left, and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., right, speaks at a news conference as lawmakers work to finalize the debt deal agreement, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Hensarling is House Speaker John Boehner's choice to co-chair a powerful new committee tasked to find a bipartisan plan to slash the federal budget deficit by over $1 trillion under the terms of the agreement. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) less

In this photo taken Aug. 1, 2011, House Republican Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, joined by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., left, and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., right, ... more

Photo: J. Scott Applewhite, Associated Press

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FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2011 file photo Supercommittee co-chairs Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, left, and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., right, confer as the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction meets to hear testimony about the national debt from the Congressional Budget Office director on Capitol Hill in Washington. Fanning out to the sets of various talk shows Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011, Democrat and Republican Supercommittee members blamed one another other for a deepening impasse that has all but doomed any chances for accord. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) less